Black Powder: Crimean War Russian Line Infantry
The bulk of the Imperial Russian Army that faced the allied nations of Great Britain; France; Sardinia and the Ottomans comprised the stoic infantrymen clad in their green and white uniforms; often cover by a drab greatcoat.
Singing their hymns to Mother Russia; the simple peasant stock that filled Russian regiments had a fervent belief in their Tzar and an equal belief in the bayonet due to their poor musketry skills and old weapons.
The Russians were able to call on a colossal pool of manpower although the individual soldier was on the whole poorly trained; equipped and led. Despite these shortcomings nobody could doubt their bravery – the soldiers were used to privation and sacrifice throughout warfare with the great Ottoman Empire for many years.
Includes:
24 plastic Russian Line Infantry in helmets; with 8 optional forage cap heads
3 metal Russian command group
Models supplied unassembled and unpainted
